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Are you writing SQL applications that need to be portable across DB2 platforms? Are you looking for information to help ensure your DB2 applications are portable? Back in June 2012, Serge posted an entry called " Family matters: The SQL Reference for Cross-Platform Development " where he wrote about the DB2 family and the availability of Version 4 of the SQL Reference for Cross-Platform Development . I want you to be aware of some related cross-platform summary information that is also available. A developerWorks article with... [More]

Background The DB2 family is comprised of three products: DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows (LUW) and Infosphere Warehouse That's the product this blog mostly deal with and within which I have grown up as a developer. Some folks still like to call it "UDB" which is wrong on so many levels, but we know what you mean anyway. DB2 for z/OS That's the product that runs on the mainframe's native OS. (Not to be confused with DB2 for LUW running on z/Linux). Some folks like to call it the "big" DB2. Again wrong, but I won't hold it... [More]